Ecclesiastes 3:19

American Standard Version (1901)

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

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  • Ps 49:12 : 12 But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 49:20 : 20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 89:47-48 : 47 Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! 48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {{Selah
  • Ps 92:6-7 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this: 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
  • Eccl 2:20-23 : 20 Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? 23 For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
  • 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
  • Job 14:10-12 : 10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 [ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up; 12 So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {{Selah [ 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:20-22
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    87%

    20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

    21Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 3:18
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    18I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.

  • Eccl 9:1-5
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    79%

    1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

    2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

    3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

    4For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

    5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    78%

    10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Ps 49:12
    77%

    12But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    77%

    7and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

    8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

  • Job 34:15
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    15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
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    76%

    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 2:19
    75%

    19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:15-17
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    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

    17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 1:14
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    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:11
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    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

  • Eccl 2:21-24
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    73%

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

  • Eccl 3:12
    73%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

  • Ps 144:4
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    4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • Eccl 4:4
    73%

    4Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

    10So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave] ; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 3:10
    73%

    10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

  • Eccl 6:1
    73%

    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

  • Eccl 6:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

  • Job 14:10
    73%

    10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

  • Eccl 8:17
    72%

    17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • Ps 49:20
    72%

    20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

  • Eccl 3:15
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    15That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

  • Eccl 4:8
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    8There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.